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Caroline Roberts family scrapbook

 Collection — othertype: SC-152
Identifier: SFHL-SC-152
Abstract

Photocopy of a scrapbook compiled by Caroline Roberts, featuring photographs of her family and their residences, with brief genealogical notes.

Dates: [19--]
Found in: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Caroline Roberts scrapbook photographs

 Collection — othertype: PA-054
Identifier: SFHL-PA-054
Abstract

The Roberts family were Quakers from Gwynedd, Pennsylvania. They, including Caroline Roberts, were involved in Gwynedd Friends Meeting. This collection contains photographs from a Caroline Roberts scrapbook, which has been dismantled and placed in envelopes. The pictures include portraits of Roberts family members, and family homes.

Dates: 1870 - 1950
Found in: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Roberts Family Genealogical Papers,

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-131
Abstract This collection consists of unpublished books and papers compiled by Charles and Lucy Roberts on the descendants of Robert Cadwalader of Wales and his children who came to America, settled in Gwynedd Township, and took the surname Roberts. After the death of Charles Roberts in 1902, his widow, Lucy Roberts, hired Gilbert Cope to continue the compilation and put it in useful order with the intention of publication. Cope had family group sheets bound into two large volumes, which he called...
Dates: 1864-1918
Found in: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Roberts-French family papers

 Collection — othertype: SC-109
Identifier: SFHL-SC-109
Abstract

This collection includes letters and papers of the Roberts and French families. Included is a record of the disownment of Asa Roberts from the Orthodox meeting in 1828, presumably due to his Hicksite beliefs,and a letter from John Mott to Josiah Mott, regarding Quaker testimony and issues of the Hicksite separation. Also included are wills and deeds of Robert French and other members of the family, as well as maps and charts of their properties in Burlington County, NJ.

Dates: 1731-1910
Found in: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Roberts-Hunt family papers

 Collection — othertype: SC-061
Identifier: SFHL-SC-061
Abstract This collection includes papers relating to Rachel H. Roberts and her family. Included is correspondence between Esther Hunt Collins and her first husband, Joshua Hunt, his brother John, her children Elisha, Caleb and Rachel, her second husband, John Collins, and Hannah Yarnall. Also included is correspondence between Rachel H. Roberts and her husband, David. The collection includes genealogical information on the Roberts, Hooton, and other related families, along with wills and account...
Dates: 1677-1829
Found in: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
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